Merged: Boar Hunters/wild boars

[Talisinbear]

I still think there is something here, which could include wild boars starting in forests, and potentially move into fields.

In the forest I'd suggest the pig have a couple of squares movement on the hunter

likely one less in a field

Hunter would need to move into boar square in forest

could one square away in field

[CKorfmann]

I think that would work.  I could buy one square away in a field. 

[Talisinbear]

I think I have a way to incorporate wild boars into the game rather simply, by comnecting it with LOG CABINS
an existing expansion by Novelty

Need 6-8 tiles with a wild boar head icon. These would basically be forest tile.

When the tile is placed you would place a wild boar on it from a common pool (available to all)

If at any point that wild boar is within the 24 tiles surrounding a log cabin with a hunter on it, the hunter would get an immediate 5-point score.

That could be accomplished by placing the boar after you have a hunter in play.

Or more likely placing your hunter close to a boar already in play.

There will be times a boar is never scored, but not all boars are hunted either.

Boars do not leave play, which could allow them to score for multiple hunters. Since boars run in herds that is thematically appropriate.

Comments?

Anyone up to do the tiles? I have zero skills in that regard.

[Talisinbear]

Hoping the rules upload

[Talisinbear]

I have a rough pdf of tiles but too large a file to upload here

[Talisinbear]

I would appreciate feedback on most recent incarnation of a wild boar idea

[CKorfmann]

That seems pretty interesting.  I'm not sure how I feel about one boar being hunted twice though, especially since I don't think there are that many log cabins. 

[Talisinbear]

12 cabins

It's not so much that it's a single boar but represents a forest area (tile) which has wild boars

[djdahmer]

Aside from a few minor edits, my main concern is that with so many tiles in play (Base game 72 + Forests 150 + Log Cabin 12 + Wild Boars 9 = 243 tiles minimum) how often would a player be able to place a hunter within range of the boar? I could be wrong, but my feeling is that the boar & cabin tiles could get lost amongst so many other tiles & be very difficult to score.

Edits:
Remove the extra space between the words by & Calvin:

A Carcassonne Central expansion by  Calvin Daniels

In the Preparation section alao should be also:

This expansion is designed by be played in games where the Forest expansion (by Scott and Novelty) and the Log Cabins expansion (by Novelty) are alao being used.

There is an extra full-stop (period) at the end of the Deploy a follower section:

When a wild boar tile is placed a wild boar meeple is taken from the common pool and must be placed on the tile. No other meeples may be placed on the tile..

[Talisinbear]

With a boar tile and the fact they can be within the 24 tiles of a log cabin, that means it can score on about 1/10th of the tiles in a game like you suggest 240 tiles.

with 9 boar tiles, and 12 cabin tiles, the likelihood of scoring is statistically rather good.

[ksupan79]

Am a bit curious if this was ever finished or if there are any tiles drafted up yet?  Sounds pretty fun and since i have made most of the fan made forest tiles (between 200-250 for just forest related alone) would love to try it out.

[Talisinbear]

I have tiles but no idea how to upload

the boars are available of course in various stores too

[wellidesigns]

you can upload the tiles to a file sharing site like 4shared, and the preview to photobucket !

[Talisinbear]

Not my forte skill wise I am afraid